en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/sports/beijing/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_welcomes_olympic_torch/ A lavish ceremony has been held to welcome the Olympic torch to Beijing, which is due to host the Olympic Games in August. President Hu Jintao took part in the televised event at Tiananmen Square, holding the torch aloft before passing it to Chinese sp news sports 2008-03-31 08:20:10 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_welcomes_olympic_torch/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7321960.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_welcomes_olympic_torch/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_olympic_tickets_go_on_sa/ Tickets to the Beijing Olympics went on sale in China on a first-come, first-served basis on Tuesday, but overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system. More than eight hours after ticket sales began, the online ticketing site had a note sayin news sports 2007-10-30 08:14:35 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_olympic_tickets_go_on_sa/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/10/30/olympics.tickets.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [7] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_olympic_tickets_go_on_sa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_summits_everest/ A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games. The climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadca news sports 2008-05-08 08:22:20 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_summits_everest/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24501387/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_summits_everest/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_says_relay_to_go_smoothly/ Beijing has moved to reassure Olympic officials the troubled torch relay will now go smoothly, after being marred in three countries by anti-China protests. The International Olympic Committee, which met Chinese officials in Beijing, said it hoped the news sports 2008-04-11 08:17:40 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_says_relay_to_go_smoothly/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7342024.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_says_relay_to_go_smoothly/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympics_to_rebound_from_crisis/ The head of the International Olympic Committee has said anti-China protests had created a "crisis" but that the Games in Beijing would "rebound". Jacques Rogge told a meeting of national Olympic committees in Beijing that the Games would succeed. B news sports 2008-04-10 08:16:23 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympics_to_rebound_from_crisis/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7339959.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympics_to_rebound_from_crisis/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_vows_to_keep_torch_on_trac/ Beijing has said "no force" can stop the Olympic flame relay, as it faces protests on the US leg of its journey. Seven demonstrators have already been arrested in San Francisco after tying "Free Tibet" banners to the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. news sports 2008-04-08 08:19:35 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_vows_to_keep_torch_on_trac/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7335871.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_vows_to_keep_torch_on_trac/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/gebrselassie_will_skip_beijing_m/ World record holder Haile Gebrselassie has again ruled out competing in the marathon at the Beijing Olympics, telling a Spanish newspaper that he would be "committing suicide" by running in unfavorable conditions. Gebrselassie, who suffers from asthma, to news sports 2008-03-18 08:14:54 http://www.newsique.com/sports/gebrselassie_will_skip_beijing_m/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/18/beijing.haile/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/gebrselassie_will_skip_beijing_m/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_officials_reject_maratho/ Chinese Olympic officials have dismissed Ethiopian world record holder Haile Gebrselassie offer to run in the marathon in Beijing if the venue could be switched. "The course for the marathon has been fixed and there are no plans to change it," said Sun We news sports 2008-03-13 08:16:55 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_officials_reject_maratho/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/13/china.marathon/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_officials_reject_maratho/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/british_pair_win_470_world_champ/ British pair Nic Asher and Elliott Willis scored a superb victory in the 470 world championship but will not be able to complete a golden double at the Beijing Olympics later this year. Asher and Willis were overlooked for the British team for the Game news sports 2008-01-30 08:14:41 http://www.newsique.com/sports/british_pair_win_470_world_champ/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/sailing/01/30/sailing.470/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/british_pair_win_470_world_champ/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_schedule_changes_possibl/ The International Olympic Committee said Thursday that Beijing's air pollution problem means some outdoor events may be postponed for a day or two at next year's Olympics. With 10 months to go before the Summer Games, air pollution has emerged as one of B news sports 2007-10-25 08:15:15 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_schedule_changes_possibl/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/10/25/beijing.air.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_schedule_changes_possibl/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_will_bypass_taiwan/ The Olympic torch will not pass through Taiwan because negotiators could not resolve differences with the Beijing authorities, officials have confirmed. The two sides disagreed over the route the torch should take on its way to the Beijing Games in 200 news sports 2007-09-21 08:21:51 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_will_bypass_taiwan/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7005984.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_will_bypass_taiwan/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/sf_to_carry_olympic_torch_for_us/ San Francisco was selected Thursday to represent the United States when the Olympic torch makes its way around the world next year during the city-to-city relay leading up to the summer games in Beijing, the U.S. Olympic Committee said. Organizers of t news sports 2007-04-26 22:05:41 http://www.newsique.com/sports/sf_to_carry_olympic_torch_for_us/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/112295964/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/sf_to_carry_olympic_torch_for_us/#comments